Improvement in combined lint-room amd cotton-presses



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' Letters Patent N0.11o,s27,asaansambsr 20,1870.

lMPRQyEMENT IN `COMBINED LINTfRQOM AND COTTON-PRESSES.

no Sohodnlc referred to in these Potent and making part o! the om.

To au whom it may concern Be it known that I, IcHABoD H. ALBsn'rsoN, ofBedias, in th'ecounty of Grimes and State of Texas, have invented a nowand valuable Improvement in' Combined Lint-Room and Cotton-Press; andIdo hereby declarethat the following isa full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the an- 1 nexed drawing making a part of 'thisspecification "onnnonl'called Iche lintroom,'made oi' various sizes,

to hold from ten to thirty bales of cotton,'which,by several daysginning, and oft-repeated trampling, is filled with cotton. Then thelabor of packing is com.- meneed by going into this room of lint anddust, where it is almost sull'ocatingand trampling the cotton luto-1argebaskets, or tying it up in sheets propared for the purpose, and carryingit out tothe press, where it has to be again tralnped into thepress-box, preparatory to making itinto bales.

By my machine all this 'trampling and handling the cotton alter beingginned is dispensed with.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a horizont-al screw-press with lint-room and condenser combined,making nu economical and labor-saving machine.

In order to enable others skilled in tho art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will' now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation.

Areprosents .the frame of my machine, in which ,runs o. horizontalscrew, B, provided with a large crown-wheel, C, at the outer end.

The lorew B runs lengthwise in the trame, in the center thereof, forabout one-half the distance, and has o. crossghead, E, upon it, whichhead is, by tajo bars, G G, running parallel with the screw, connectedwith the presser-block or follower H.

This block or follower is, when the cross-head has been moved as far'back as possible, directly at the inner end of the lint-room I, whichalso forms the pressboor, as will'be presently described.

. top of the frame A, between the cogwlieel C andi-morn I, should besleepers and floor, and the gin placed on said floor close up to theopen end of the room.

This room is all closed up, except the opening for flue.

While thegin is as at work, the cotton is' blown by the brush into theroom, the condenser being kept iu continued motion by the crank-shaft a,worked by the power that drives the gin.

The condenser consistsot' a shaft, b, placed in bearings on top audacross the room I, from which shaft two arms, (l d, descend into theroom.

One of said arms is, by a pitman, e, connected with the -crank-shaft,and between the lower ends of thc arms is placed a heavy roller, D.

Each of the arms dis formed of two pieces, one sliding on the other, sothat they will let the roller D work to the bottom oi the room; and, asthe cotton accumulates in the box or room, the roller will rise and keepon top of it until there is enouglnginned to make a bale. Y

The giu will then be stopped, and the side doors ff of the room turneddown on the cotton and barred by means of the roller, and strong barsput into cuts or mortises ou the poste g 5;, at cach endet' said doors.

The small side doors h h are then turned. up, so that the back door ismay ce turned down on the cotton, andsccurcd by clamp-hooks, wheat-hemachine is ready for packing.

Then put the band on the pulley J, on the shaft K, below the cog-wheelU, and au endless screw-pinion or worm, L, on said shalt, working in thecogs of the wheel il, 'drives it round, land, by the action of thescrew, drives the follower H forward, and presses the cotton into theback end of the press, thus forming a complete halo.

The friction side of the thread on the screw B is cnt at right angleswith the body of the pin, as shown in figs. 1 and 2, which gives it thesame-advantage as a. square thread, ou account of frfriction, and thewhole size of the fall at the hase gives the thread double the strengthof the common square thread.

On'tho back ol' the room I should risc a ventilating pipe, to extendupthrongh the rootof thc house,

for the purpose of drawing the-.cotton as ginned to the hack of room,and taking off wind turned into ther-oom bythe brush, as also the dustand dying lint, which make it so' oiensive to persons attending a Qin.,

Having thus fully described my invention,

That I claim as new, aud desire to secure by Letl. The lint-roem I, forpacking thc cotton, constructed as described, with side doors ff and hIt, and back door 1.', for the purpose of transforming it al'terwardinto a bale-box, for pressing the cotton, snbstantially as herein setforth.

l2. In combination with the lint-room I, the condenser, composed of thesliding arms d d and roller .D constructed and operating substantiallyas and for Jabe purposes herein. set forth.

3. The combination of the worm L, cog-wheel C, screw B, follower H, roomI and condenser d D, all constructed and arranged substantially as andfor the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

IGHABOD H. ALBIIRTSON. A

Witnesses:

J. T. MONTGOMERY, I T. STRATTQN.

